Proton therapy accelerators have become increasingly popular for cancer treatment in recent years. In Taiwan, the first proton treatment center equipped with a 235 MeV proton cyclotron in Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital is ready for beam commissioning. Proton therapy accelerators in the energy range could potentially produce intense secondary neutrons, which must be carefully evaluated and ...

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are considering the possibility of using the Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator, constructed at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center for the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project, as a neutron source. Evaluated nuclear data are needed for the p+ 7 Li reaction, to predict neutron production from thin and thick lithium targets. In this paper we des...

*Corresponding author: Dr. Asghar Mesbahi, Medical physics department, Medical school, Tabriz university of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Fax: +98 411 3364660 E-mail: [email protected] Background: The characteristics of secondary neutrons in a high energy radiation therapy room were studied using the MCNPX Monte Carlo (MC) code. Materials and Methods: Two MC models including a model with...

The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of the type, concentration, and nanoparticle diameter of dose enhancement materials on the dose enhancement of low- and high-energy megavoltage (MV) X-rays acquired from a medical linear accelerator using Monte Carlo simulation. Monte Carlo simulation was performed with the Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport (MCNPX) code, using the energy spect...

BACKGROUND It is well known that the success of the radiomethabolic (131)I treatment of hyperthyroidism could depend on the absorbed dose to the thyroid. It is, thus, very important to calculate the individual radiation dose as accurately as possible for different masses of thyroid lobes. The aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of thyroid volume on the energy deposition from beta and ...

BACKGROUND Megavoltage beams used in radiotherapy are contaminated with secondary electrons. Different parts of linac head and air above patient act as a source of this contamination. This contamination can increase damage to skin and subcutaneous tissue during radiotherapy. Monte Carlo simulation is an accurate method for dose calculation in medical dosimetry and has an important role in optim...

We report the functional assessment of tungsten (VI) oxide on gamma-ray attenuation properties 60Sb2O3-(40-x)NaPO3-xWO3 antimony glasses. The elemental mass-fractions and glass-densities each glass sample are specified separately for MCNPX Monte Carlo code. In addition to fundamental gamma absorption properties, Transmission Factors throughout a broad radioisotope energy range were measured. Ac...

Abstract We present the findings of an extensive examination on newly designed CdO-rich and transparent glass shields for nuclear medicine facilities in lieu traditional unfavorable materials, such as lead concrete. Gamma-ray transmission factors are determined using a variety diagnostic, therapeutic, research radioisotopes, including 67 Ga, 57 Co, 111 In, 201 Tl, 99m Tc, 51 Cr, 131 I, 58 137 C...

The Proton Therapy Center in Orsay (CPO) and CEA/DAPNIA launched the joint project on Monte Carlo modeling of a CPO beam line with the aim to achieve a prediction of dose distribution in all the calibration configurations (depth and the shape of the tumor) better than 2%. The calculation module is intended to be used for the absolute dosimetry of the clinical beam (patient Quality Assurance – Q...